Re-envisioning Pressure Injury Education: Meeting Staff Needs to Improve Patient Outcomes

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This webinar will be recorded live on April 15th at 12:00PM CT. A recording of the webinar will be available within 24 hours of the live event.

This webinar will discuss how MGH revised its wound and pressure injury education based on quality data and participant feedback. As part of a multipronged approach to improving hospital acquired pressure injury rates, this collaborative effort between nursing quality and safety and clinical nurse leadership resulted in a complete overhaul of course content and teaching methodology. This new program was developed using Plan-Do-Study-Act process improvement strategies and incorporates interactive asynchronous learning with in-person, case-based clinical application.

1. Describe the impact of data to drive decision making around educational offerings

2. Describe the how multimodal educational strategies can be used to for continuing education in pressure injury risk, identification and treatment
3. Discuss how similar strategies can be used in their own care settings

Catherine (Kate) Benacchio, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CPPS

Director for Quality and Safety for Nursing and Patient Care Service

Massachusetts General Hospital

Kate is currently the Director for Quality and Safety for Nursing and Patient Care Services for Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Massachusetts Eye and Ear (MEE). Kate has been at MGH for 24 years, working clinically in medical nursing, critical care, and cardiology. She has worked in quality, safety and nursing practice for the past 7 years, with a large focus on improving patient outcomes related to Nurse Sensitive Indicators (predominantly pressure injuries), improving patient safety through harm reduction, and regulatory readiness. Kate previously presented for NPIAP in November 2022 on standardizing processes for pressure injury prevention and reduction.

Catherine Cusack MSN RN CCRN

Nursing Practice Specialist on the Ellison 7 Surgical/Trauma Unit

Massachusetts General Hospital

Catherine Cusack is a Nursing Practice Specialist on the Ellison 7 Surgical/Trauma Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she provides expert clinical consultation and leads quality, safety, and practice initiatives on a 36-bed adult surgical and trauma unit. She brings extensive experience in quality improvement, shared governance, staff education, and patient safety, with a strong focus on advancing nursing practice and patient- and family-centered care. She was the former Co-Chair of the MGH Wound Care Task Force.